Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°
Full Moon at
18:35UTC
Moon phase on August 29, 2015Full Moon
On Saturday, August 29, 2015, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
359,495 km223,380 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Sturgeon Moon, 358,981 km from Earth. Supermoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 29, 2015 is on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 18:35 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 06:41 UTC, 15 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Saturday, August 22, 2015 | 19:31 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Saturday, August 29, 2015 | 18:35 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, September 5, 2015 | 09:54 |
The Moon around August 29
More about this date
Saturday, August 29, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 14, 2015 to the new moon of September 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.66 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.